Axes: post yours

lostlake88 · Apr 19, 2013

This is a recent edition of mine. 10" 9lbs. It's huge, it reminds me of..well..nevermind. I bought this from Robert Houge and he bought it for $75 in 1993 at a freekin yard sale in Illinois. I don't have that kind of luck.

Tnmountains · Apr 19, 2013

I have one axe. The ones here in my area are always crude. The one given to me is of granite and I am not sure if it is real not having found it. That is a honking big un :thumbsup:

Ammonhotep · Apr 19, 2013

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-Ammo

lostlake88 · Apr 19, 2013

TNmountains,

Where glaciers onced roamed the pretty rock was abound. Tennessee and kentucky suffer a dearth of the material because of the aformentioned reason. You guys have some though, but it was not readily available. I have a nice Cotton Rock celt from down there. Southern flint is better though.

unclemac · Apr 19, 2013

but what would such a heavy thing be used for... seems so unwieldy and what is that cup for?

Tnmountains · Apr 19, 2013

lostlake88 said:
TNmountains,

Where glaciers onced roamed the pretty rock was abound. Tennessee and kentucky suffer a dearth of the material because of the aformentioned reason. You guys have some though, but it was not readily available. I have a nice Cotton Rock celt from down there. Southern flint is better though.

I have to agree on southern flint. It may not always be the prettiest but the quality is outstanding ! Kinda like me :laughing7:

No that axe I have the guy said Arizona or something. I have had it for 20 + years. Could not be real for all I know . What happens when things are not documented and a long ways from home.
I think I have seen the one you are showing. Maybe it was here long ago.

lostlake88 · Apr 19, 2013

TN Mountains.

Southern forests are made of soft woods, mostly pines. Northern boreal forests are generally hardwood. You know the old phrase, "nature and necessity". It's pretty easy to split a red spruce, not so easy with an Ash. Hence the commonplace of prehistoric axes north of the Mason Dixon.

lostlake88 · Apr 19, 2013

Tnmountains said:
I have to agree on southern flint. It may not always be the prettiest but the quality is outstanding ! Kinda like me No that axe I have the guy said Arizona or something. I have had it for 20 + years. Could not be real for all I know . What happens when things are not documented and a long ways from home.
I think I have seen the one you are showing. Maybe it was here long ago.
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Documentation? Who cares. This ideology is for the BMW drivers of the artifact world. The ones that decern real from fake. Really, it's the personallity that wants recognition and power. If it's real it's real. Who cares about the old man that owned it before you. Believe me, these ole hayseeds had plenty of fakes in their collections. Townsend had fake Birdstones.

Tnmountains · Apr 19, 2013

Way south is more pine. Here is hickory and almost all species of oaks. Thus all the mast trees and nut stones. I did a pic today I need to post in a thread.

lostlake88 · Apr 19, 2013

TNmountains.

All I can say is that axe is real as rain. Now for the axe I posted, it's not so easy. I know for a fact it is ancient, but it is so nice of a piece and so perfect some will believe otherwise. I accept this. Hardstone should just jump at you "I am real and ancient buy me". I think flint is hard and slate is definately spurious.

Tnmountains · Apr 20, 2013

Well that axe of mine has plow marks is not perfect and shows wear use. They can be faked though. I did not find it and it does not really fit my stuff. It is not appreciated say like what Larson gave me or 37's local points because I know the history and the place. My Axe is to out of contex for me if that makes any sense. You axe carries a little bit of pedigree to a point. I said I had mine 20 years maybe 30 ?Dang worked 12 hours today and going to hit it in the morn. I am getting ready to start hunting though. My season is almost here.

NC field hunter · Apr 20, 2013

You guys can see, not all of those are axe heads.

One I found this past winter.

This one isn't mine. A friend of mine found it a few weeks back, a fluke find, he doesn't even hunt artifacts. Best looking bit I've ever seen on a guilford axe. You can tell it was resharpened and never used again.

The large raised ridge is a tad over 8 inches and my first grooved find. The other two grooved pieces, I recently found in the same spot, same day. Axe heads are the best to find!

NC field hunter · Apr 20, 2013

lostlake88 said:
This is a recent edition of mine. 10" 9lbs. It's huge, it reminds me of..well..nevermind. I bought this from Robert Houge and he bought it for $75 in 1993 at a freekin yard sale in Illinois. I don't have that kind of luck.

Wow! Nice axe, with plenty of mysterious personality. I've never seen one with a spot cupped out on it. Can you tell us about that? Neat!!

NC field hunter · Apr 20, 2013

Ammonhotep said:
I've only seen two here in the Sahara. The first is a common shape, but not sure what they were cutting with it! :-)

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The second was a large hand axe I saw on the ground on the hillside right next to Hatshepsut's temple, in Luxor. Wish I had a picture of that one. Major fail on my part.

-Ammo

This question may display my ignorance. But, weren't deserts once rainforest?

tomclark · Apr 21, 2013

From the Piedmont of S.C. LOL I used it for a door stop what a moron, hahahahaha. Still has the red clay on it and microscopically has thousands of pieces of fibers

unclemac · Apr 21, 2013

ok ok ok.....help a fella out here....what is the "cup" for on the monster that was posted?.....

quito · Apr 21, 2013

unclemac said:
ok ok ok.....help a fella out here....what is the "cup" for on the monster that was posted?.....

I would have put a few more in it to lighten it up a bit..... Could they have been concerned about good balance? Less drag on the bit while in use?

NC field hunter · Apr 22, 2013

tomclark said:
From the Piedmont of S.C. LOL I used it for a door stop what a moron, hahahahaha. Still has the red clay on it and microscopically has thousands of pieces of fibers

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/tomclark/media/tooools/SCaxeB2.jpg.html
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/tomclark/media/tooools/SCaxeSide.jpg.html

That is a nice southern raised ridge. Lots of these got used as doorstops. In fact, the first one that I ever found, was sitting on the grounds surface with a little dirt piled up around it. Little digging was necessary to get it up, and it was between the foundations of two tobacco barns that had burned down. I do not think I am the first person to touch it in 6,000 years. I also see what appears to be wear from a door. I'm not sure about any of this. I know I found it on the ground. The others I have found were deeper.

trevmma · Apr 22, 2013

heres my big boy, use first pic for size reference. personally found the one next to the pop can, but look how teeny it looks next to my lunker of a axe

lostlake88 · Apr 23, 2013

NC field hunter said:
Wow! Nice axe, with plenty of mysterious personality. I've never seen one with a spot cupped out on it. Can you tell us about that? Neat!!

Hello,

The large dimple in the axe is what we call a "nutting stone". These were used to grind local legumes. They were used on axes but definatley not a very common trait. Marvin Mears had one that was pretty nice, Charlie West told me he owned 3 of them in his lifetime and sold them all. He told me they are as rare as Hens Teeth. I love those ole axioms.